Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author

Re:Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the w... by lordnacho on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:44AM (#19697786)

But the whole cat and mouse game hasn't really started yet. Once people find out what the algo looks at they can try to game it. Eg if you know or looks for the same phrases like "first of all" you can stop using that. Or if it looks at specific errors you can sprinkle it in one text but not another.

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Re:Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the w... by stedaniels on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:25AM (#19697911)

Even better, it would be trivial to write a tool that rephrased what you wrote to be anonymous or even better/worse match someone else's signature.

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Re:Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the w... by toyg on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:41AM (#19697961)

It already exists: Google Translate.

Feed your text once or twice to GT, then re-correct it just enough to make it understandable.

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Re:Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the w... by herewulf on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:54PM (#19704378)

Ain't nobody got time for that.

(Apologies for the vernacular but I am attempting to conceal my digital signature)

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